St. Paul Outside the Walls

It is unfortunate that more people do not go and see this beautiful church. The inside just smells of money.

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A great church to visit

rhino251 contributionUnited KingdomAug 9, 2013

This church is a little way outside of the main centre of Rome and as such is quieter than some other sites. It is one of the four great churches of Rome and belongs to the Vatican. It is a massive building with the usual high standard of decoration and very impressive gardens in front of the main entrance. It is worth getting the Metro out to St. Paul's to visit.

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Day 34 (Saturday) - Florence to Rome: Another scenic drive down the motorway towards Rome. We touched the coast here and there which was very scenic. On arriving in Rome, Lucy (our GPS) managed to land us in what was apparently a well known drug dealing spot where the local Polizia (in their dodgy black car!) proceeded to interrogate us and rifle …

We arrived into Rome yesterday late in the afternoon and they took us out for a dusk tour of Rome because the traffic on Saturday will be so bad that we will not be able move around that well. We just had time to unpack our bags and find a local restaurant for a quick feed. Shad and I chose wisely and I ordered a Grande beer as I was thirsty. When …

Weather: Wet! Sunny, Wet! Up early and off to the Vatican today. Tanya the tour leader was late this morning and we had to call her to find out where she was. Her phone had reset itself back to UK time so she was an hour out and fast asleep! It put us a bit behind schedule because we got caught in traffic getting to the Vatican but we talked to the …

Every full day in Rome so far had began with a mass and today was not any different; but what was different was that all the Australian pilgrims were making their way to celebrate mass in the Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura (Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls). Consecrated in the fourth century over the relics of St. Paul it was another one …

At dinner I mentioned to some of my fellow pilgrims that I would be jumping on to the Roman metro and heading in to town to take some night shots of the Colosseum. What began as just me and my father turned in to a group of eight, including Father Stephen, as we visited the ancient heart of the city. Along with Constantine's Arch the two were …

Well, here we are in Rome on the Lord's day, and with that firmly in mind we decided to visit St Paul's Basilica or Basilica di San Paulo Fuori le Mura. On the advice of Phil Linden this was a place too good to miss! And it was spectacular. The current church is a reconstruction of the 4th century church which burned down in 1823. This is noted to …

Today was our free day in Rome before the Trafalgar European Splendour Tour starts tonight. We met our tour leader, Andrew, and then took the bus into Rome. The bus fair cost us 1.50 Euro each as opposed to the 48 Euro cab fare yesterday - which we have since discovered was a rip off as the fare should be about 14 Euro. We alighted the bus outside …

We had saved a number of visits for this last day so we set off early to get to the Forum before the day became too hot. However, the day started overcast and there were even a few drops of rain in the morning, but this lasted only until mid morning until the sun came out.

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Monday the 14th we had our class in the family room of our residence. It was nice to be able to roll out of bed and go right to class. But from now on we will be taking a bus to the Angelicum for all of our classes. After class we had lunch and …

... that all the Australian pilgrims were making their way to celebrate mass in the Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura (Basilica of St. PaulOutsidetheWalls). Consecrated in the fourth century over the relics of St. Paul it was another one of the great ...

... – photos simply could not do it justice. After the Colosseum we jumped back on the metro and travelled to St. PaulOutsidetheWalls where tomorrow's thanksgiving mass would be held. Seeing Rome at night and sharing jokes was a great way to expel ...

... noticeable because of the size of the building. For lunch we had pizza, which is served room temperature. Then headed to StPaulOutsidetheWalls church, where StPaul is buried after he was killed in Rome (the church is outsidethe old walls of ...

... buy food to eat. Apparently, it's got a large selection of pretty much anything you can think of. We then took the metro to St. Pauloutsidethewalls, which was gorgeous. The church was built over St. Paul's tomb, on the Via Ostiense. It was built ...

... of four Papal Basilicas or Major Basilicas of Romethe others being the Basilica of St. John Lateran, Santa Maria Maggiore and St. PauloutsidetheWalls. It is the most prominent building inside the Vatican City. The dome of St. Peter's rises to a ...

... has been a basilica since 324AD - and is the first of the four papal basilicas of Rome (the others are St Peter's (the Vatican), StPaulOutsidetheWalls and Santa Maria Maggiore). It is also the throne of the Popes - all cardinals have a church ...

... steps on our knees in memory of Christ’s Passion. Stop for lunch, and then we will continue on to visit StPaul. OutsidetheWalls, here we celebrate Mass. Continue our tour via the Appian Way -- the oldest road from Roman times--plus the ...

... it's now one of the four major basilicas in Rome (the other three are St. Peter's, St. John Lateran, and St. PaulOutsidetheWalls). Every August a ceremony is held to reenact the miracle, with thousands of white flower petals fluttering down from the ...

... Ages, was codified in 16th century by Saint Philip Neri. The seven churches are the four major Basilicas (St Peter in Vatican, StPauloutsidetheWalls, St John in Lateran and Santa Maria Maggiore), while the other three are San Lorenzo fuori le mura (a ...